Registered Nurse (Emergency Room)

<p>The Emergency Department RN provides and oversees direct patient care using all steps of the nursing process. Responsibilities include coordinating care, educating patients, supporting self-management, ensuring customer satisfaction, safely administering medications, and collaborating with interdisciplinary team members to achieve optimal care outcomes.</p><h3>Major Duties</h3><p>Start your VA career here Aurora Chamber of Commerce The Emergency Department (ED) Registered Nurse (RN) is responsible for providing competent, evidence-based care to assigned patients. Duties of the position include, but are not limited to: Delegate and supervise basic nursing care of licensed practical nurses and unlicensed assistive personnel. Assist in the provision of education, orientation, competencies and providing quality improvement and outcomes utilization. Provide urgent and emergent care to patients with acute and/or chronic medical, surgical, and psychiatric conditions. Provide stabilization, resuscitation, and life-support measures. Practice is independent and collaborative. RN practice includes the roles of direct care provider, educator, administrator, researcher, consultant, leader, and advocate. Engage in ongoing evaluation of practice to ensure alignment with current evidence-based standards. Provide peers with informal constructive feedback for improvement. Foster a safe and supportive environment, conducive to the professional development of healthcare professionals. Contribute professional nursing perspective in discussions with the interdisciplinary team. Partner with others to effect change and produce optimal outcomes. Support colleagues by sharing knowledge to promote safe, high-quality nursing care. Share educational findings, experiences, and ideas with peers. Participate in activities and strategies to sustain evidence-based-practice. Assess the patient by collecting pertinent data or information, including the triage of patients based on the five-level triage system to prioritize patients that require more immediate care. Utilize assessment data to determine diagnoses, problems, or other concerns. Identify expected outcomes to develop a collaborative and individualized plan for each patient. Care coordination, health teaching, and health promotion. Evaluate progress toward expected goals and outcomes and adjust the plan as necessary. Other duties as assigned. VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package: VA Nurse Total Rewards Pay: Competitive salary, regular salary increases, potential for performance awards Paid Time Off: 50 days of paid time off per year (26 days of annual leave, 13 days of sick leave, 11 paid Federal holidays per year) Retirement: Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VA Insurance: Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care (many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement) Licensure: 1 full and unrestricted license from any US State or territory Work Schedule: Day Shift: 0730-2000, tours could vary depending on needs of service. Compressed/Flexible: Compressed available. Telework: Not Available. Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized. Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized.</p><h3>Requirements</h3>U.S. Citizenship; non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy. All applicants tentatively selected for VA employment in a testing designated position are subject to urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment. Applicants who refuse to be tested will be denied employment with VA. Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959. Subject to background/security investigation. Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process. Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements (https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents). Effective May 7, 2025, driver's licenses or state-issued identification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment. Must pass pre-employment physical examination. Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP). You may be required to serve a probationary period. Complete all application requirements detailed in the "Required Documents" section of this announcement.